Sandra Cisneros Quotes
The stories are what no one wants to talk about. So you make up a story because no one is going to tell you the truth.
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With a 3D printer, you could build your own car, one part at a time. When you were finished, you'd have an automobile that is extremely lightweight because it is made of plastic, which is good because you'd need to carry it because it is made of plastic.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way out, and he could see no way out except capitulation.
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Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key, that it's the sine-qua-non of religion, people look kind of balked, and stubborn sometimes, as much to say, what's the point of having religion if you can't disapprove of other people?
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When I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my resume to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things.
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And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.
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In high school and college, I did not have any Christian friends except my best friend Sarah, who I actually 'brought to Jesus.'
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Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.
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What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
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Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.
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High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
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There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
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The blockchain does one thing: It replaces third-party trust with mathematical proof that something happened.
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Does 'Shooting Fish' have less artistic merit than a play like 'Angels In America,' which I did? Well, probably. But it's good for something.
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History is laden with belligerent leaders using humanitarian rhetoric to mask geopolitical aims. History also shows how often ill-informed moralism has led to foreign entanglements that do more harm than good.
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Every relationship comes with a shelf life; that duration could be a minute or even a lifetime. If, for whatever reasons, a relationship cannot last a lifetime, contrary to what the two people imagined, then both the individuals have to be communicative and have to understand and accept the reality.
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No one is India.
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I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
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The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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Hope! of all ills that men endure, the only cheap and universal cure.
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Be as nice as possible and as nasty as necessary.
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I’m a photographer; I’m not a social worker. I’m a black dude and I will do the kind of work I want to do. I know what it’s like to be a black guy.
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The stories are what no one wants to talk about. So you make up a story because no one is going to tell you the truth.
